HP Dat 72 USB Drive "blank media"

[Steven Hunt]

I have the same issue as other threads. My Dat 72 USB Drive will only use old tapes. it will format these correctly and work ok with them. I have just purchased a new box of HP tapes and when i try to use these i get a message of blank media. I have formatted these new tapes all ways possible and still get the error! I also notice that for some reason it decides to inform me to clean the tapes whenever it gets an error?? WHY?

I have followed the steps from the other threads with no luck and this is now an urgent issue.

Someone please help